2017-12-13T20:15:12.000000000-05:00
Alabama’s Doug Jones is heading to the U.S. Senate as Democrats continue to out-perform in local elections. Conservative Max Boot says despite being a life-long Republican, he hopes “every single Republican running for election next November loses"

2017-12-13T20:03:14.000000000-05:00
Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore in Alabama Senate special election is being attributed to the record turnout of African American women. African American voters voted in the state voted in even higher numbers than was seen for Barack Obama in 2012.

2017-12-13T19:38:26.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans reached a deal on final tax legislation on Wednesday, clearing the way for final votes next week on a package that would slash the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent and cut taxes for wealthy Americans.

2017-12-13T19:11:20.000000000-05:00
(Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith was appointed as U.S. senator on Wednesday to replace Al Franken, who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment.

2017-12-13T18:57:05.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans reached a deal on final tax legislation on Wednesday, clearing the way for final votes next week on a package that would slash the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent and cut taxes for wealthy Americans.

2017-12-13T18:51:50.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday but left its rate outlook for the coming years unchanged even as policymakers projected a short-term jump in U.S. economic growth from the Trump administration's proposed tax cuts.

2017-12-13T18:18:56.000000000-05:00
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's deal to buy film, television and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc will value the latter at over $40 per share, or $75 billion, a person familiar with the matter said.

2017-12-13T18:06:29.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday but left its rate outlook for the coming years unchanged even as policymakers projected a short-term jump in U.S. economic growth from the Trump administration's proposed tax cuts.

2017-12-13T17:31:16.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No negotiations can be held with North Korea until it improves its behavior, a White House official said on Wednesday, raising questions about U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's offer to begin talks with Pyongyang any time and without pre-conditions.

2017-12-13T16:50:18.000000000-05:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans reached a deal on final tax legislation on Wednesday, clearing the way for final votes next week on a package that would slash the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent and cut taxes for wealthy Americans.

2017-12-13T16:47:03.000000000-05:00
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge shot down on Wednesday a request by creditors of Westinghouse Electric Co LLC for a bigger role in the nuclear technology company's bankruptcy just days after its parent company Toshiba Corp proposed a restructuring plan.